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Originally Posted by Bourque's Twin
You said he was "a dime a dozen" and players like him "grow on trees". That's why I thought you believed he was easily replaceable.
I hope they do not trade almost everyone for picks and prospects. Way too high of a risk to do that. If they are out of contention by the deadline then trade 3 significant players (Cammalleri, Giordano, Stempniak, etc.), and grab some pretty high picks and decent prospects.
If the Flames cleaned house and traded every veteran the youngsters wouldn't develop properly because they would have no one to play with.
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I think CP should ban the green text so that people have to read and see the dripping sarcasm. My point was in response to a post by Roof Daddy where he had a bunch of dripping sarcasm about how Tanguay was a dime a dozen 60 point player whose worst year still saw him average 0.46 PPG and he took up 5% of next years cap, with that number likely decreasing in each of his final two years. Someone asked if serious and I said he was deadly serious, that 60 point guys grow on trees.
Anyways, trading the whole lot of them this year for prospects does not mean they will have no one to play with. They can find veteran talent on the UFA market this summer, amongst veterans who are bought out and through trades with teams with cap trouble. The new CBA creates almost the perfect storm to dump everyone this year for as much as you can get for them and then replenish your veteran leadership in the offseason.